Roaring Fork High School’s spring sports schedule is back in full swing this week following spring break, with the marquee event being the three-day Trent Goscha Memorial Baseball Tournament starting Thursday at Ron Patch Memorial Field. The Rams enter their home tournament with some confidence after a close game on the road at Class 5A […]
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Bringing it home
Nothing encourages our student-athletes like big crowds at home games to cheer them on! Here are the remaining varsity home games for high school spring sports: RFHS Girls Soccer April 4 v. Coal Ridge at 6pm* April 13 v. Mullen at 10am April 23 v. Basalt at 4pm* April 25 v. Delta at 6pm* RFHS […]
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Lady Rams stay in hoops league hunt, boys fall off pace with two losses
The Roaring Fork High School girls basketball team has played its way into third place in the 3A Western Slope League standings with three straight wins over Cedaredge (62-45), Meeker (64-48) and Aspen (49-30), with two crucial games coming up this weekend.Meanwhile, the Rams boys suffered two losses over the weekend to Cedaredge (46-58) and […]
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Brenda Patch Tournament kicks off season for Rams basketball
The new-look Roaring Fork High School boys and girls basketball teams open the season with their home Brenda Patch Tournament this weekend. Girls coach steps downRight off the bat, the girls team is adjusting to a coaching change following the unexpected resignation this week of new head coach Albert Blanc. Blanc, a 1966 Glenwood Springs […]
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High hopes for future of Roaring Fork football after solid JV season
The scene resembled Friday night lights in Anytown, USA on Oct. 16, when the Roaring Fork High School junior varsity football team hosted rival Glenwood Springs for the season finale. Fans filled the stands after a pregame barbecue, the student pep band was playing and there was lots of good energy. Except it was a […]
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CRMS wins state mountain biking team title, and it’s playoff time for Rams soccer
Club mountain biking teams from high schools across Colorado descended on the Colorado Mountain College Spring Valley trails for last weekend’s state championships. In the end, it was a local team that was crowned as the top dirt riders. Colorado Rocky Mountain School of Carbondale won the championship with 6,703 points, out-dueling teams from Durango […]
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Basalt, Roaring Fork cross it up for XC program success
Two student bodies are better than one when it comes to fielding the Basalt High School co-ed cross country team, but in the end it’s all for one, one for all. That’s also pretty much how team cross country running works. As with a few other Colorado High School Activities Association-sanctioned sports, like track and […]
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Bears spoil Homecoming party in 55-27 win over Longhorns
First-year coach Ty Leyba and the Rifle Bears went into Friday night’s matchup against the Basalt Longhorns aiming to break multiple streaks. Not only had Basalt opened the season with five wins out of five, the Longhorns had gone 16 straight regular season games without a loss. The Bears had not tasted victory against the […]
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Rams volleyball set for final stretch after big win over Coal Ridge
Roaring Fork High School’s girls volleyball team finally found a way to win a tight five-game match, and in front of the Homecoming Week crowd to make it extra special. Hosting Coal Ridge on Sept. 26, the Rams scored an important 3A Western Slope League win, 3-2, over the Lady Titans. As they’ve become accustomed […]
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Rams overpower Longhorns in front of Homecoming crowd
In the opening 10 seconds of Roaring Fork’s Friday night Homecoming clash with the Basalt Longhorns, the Rams intercepted a pass and Jake Barlow stung the palms of Longhorn’s goalkeeper Eric Palomares. Although he didn’t open the scoring, Barlow’s attempt set the tone for the evening: offensive tenacity from the Rams and defensive panic from […]